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Joanne Lichten, PhD, RD Fee Range: $4,000 - $9,500 Speaker's Home Base: FL Joanne Lichten, PhD, RD, is known as “Dr. Jo” -- America's On-The-Go Health Guru. She is an accomplished author, speaker, freelance writer and media spokesperson who helps busy people stay healthy, sane, and productive. As a proven, professional speaker, Dr. Jo is recognized for her energy and audience participation. She offers plenty of real life, practical advice that even the busiest of people can incorporate into their lives. Dr. Jo is the author of three books including Dining Lean (how to eat healthy when you're not at home), How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road and Dr. Jo's No Big Deal Diet. She has appeared on more than 300 TV and radio shows including CNN, Fox News Channel, Living Better TV, Talk Radio Network, Radio America, and Let’s Talk Travel with AAA. Her articles and quotes have appeared in over 200 newspapers, magazines, and websites including the Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Business Traveler, Cosmopolitan, NorthWest Airlines World Traveler, Muscle & Fitness, Fit, Women’s World, Weight Watchers, Prevention, and Cooking Light. She's a regular contributor to Relish Magazine and Relishmag.com. She earned her Bachelors (SUNY) and Master’s degrees (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) in nutrition and began her career as a clinical dietitian. At the age of 26 she became the founding director of the Dietetics Program at the University of Texas/Pan American where she developed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dietetics Program and earned full national accreditation. Dr. Joanne Lichten earned her PhD in adult education from Texas A&M University researching the difficult issue of how to help people make healthy changes in all aspects of their lives. As a media spokesperson, she has worked with companies including KFC, Yoplait, SlimFast, Canola Info, NatureMade, Burger King, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Benefiber and NutraGrain. Her work includes TV and radio appearances, speaking at conferences on their behalf, writing print material for professional and consumer publications, and exhibiting at trade shows. Most Popular Topics: What Every Woman Wants: Great Legs, More Energy, & Peace of Mind Feeling fat, frazzled, and fatigued? It’s no wonder! The average American woman is working full time both at work and at home. If you’re looking for more energy and enthusiasm, Dr. Jo can help. This fun, funny, and motivational program will make you feel more relaxed, more in control, and ready to make some simple “no big deal” changes that will make a big difference in your life. Find out how to: • Feel more energized throughout the day with just a few simple changes • Get in control of your weight without having to succumb to another “diet” • Cope with those aggravating “little things” that cause so much of our mental and physical distress • Find needed time for yourself Dining for Divas - How to Eat Healthy in Restaurants and Still Have Fun! Girls just want to have fun when they go out to eat - not count calories! But, since you like fitting into your jeans, too, Dr. Jo (author of Dining Lean) offers simple strategies and meal suggestions that will allow you to enjoy the entire dining experience. Find out how to: • Make any meal healthier and still tasty • Select the best options - and it’s not just grilled chicken and dry toast! Eat, Play, Laugh - Simple Strategies for Staying Healthy and Fit on the Go With everything we have to do at work and at home, we often neglect to take care of ourselves the way we should. Think you don't have enough time? Dr. Jo offers inspiration with small change suggestions that make a big difference in our overall health and well-being. Discover: • Healthy ideas for “desktop” and “dashboard” dining • Quick dinner and snack ideas to help keep your energy up • How to fit exercise into a busy day - and have fun doing it! • Mood changers that will significantly decrease your stress level! Eat Out & Lose Weight Do you enjoy eating out but find it difficult to keep your weight down? Dr. Jo will navigate the nutritional backroads from bistro to burger joint during this fun and informative program. Dr. Jo, author of Dining Lean, eats out more than 500 times year. She’ll share: • The fittest fast food • What (other than grilled chicken) is healthy on the menu - you’ll be surprised! • Simple requests (chef-approved to taste great) that make almost any food healthier Power Up, Pounds Down - Keeping Your Energy Up All Day Long! You’ve got so much to do. Have you ever wished you could keep going and going and going like the Energizer® battery? Learn proven health tips that will help you keep your energy up including: • How to control your thoughts and worries that tire you out • Powernapping to recharge the brain cells • Simple changes in your diet to prevent the blood sugar swings that zap your energy Stress Solutions While a little stress gets you going in the morning, too much stress can promote illness and health problems, negativism and depression, problems with relationships, and exhaustion and burn-out. Find out how to rein in uncontrolled stress so you can enjoy living life to its fullest. • Quick energizing techniques to add calmness to your life • How to keep the stress of others from becoming your own • How challenging your own thoughts can radically reduce your stress level • How to deal with all those little aggravations that add up BIG time Swimming in a Sea of Priorities Do you have too much to do and not enough time? Feeling guilty that you don’t spend enough time with your loved ones or on the things you enjoy? In just a short time, you’ll feel more on track with your priorities and less stressed. We will: • Establish your personal priorities & identify the true stressors in your life • Learn how to stay focused at work and let it go when you’re home • Create steps to smooth the transition from work to home (one of the most stressful periods) How to Enjoy the Ride of Your Life Whether we like it or not, change has become part of everyone’s job description. Our natural tendency is to resist change since it makes us feel fearful, out of control, and emotionally and physically unhealthy. How to Enjoy the Ride of Your Life is not about how to change your organization, it’s about how to restructure your thinking so you can look at change as a positive force, not a threat. Learn how to: • Fly through turbulence without crashing • Replace self-destructive coping methods with constructive ones • Brainstorm instead of Blamestorm • Constructively express your anger and practice the power of persuasion • Go with the flow and be flexible (while maintaining peace of mind) Take a Walk on the Thin Side - How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever! Do you know more about diet and exercise than your body demonstrates at the present moment? Have you lost weight many times, only to regain it once again - plus more? Have no fear...many people have been successful at losing weight and keeping it off as demonstrated by Dr. Jo’s research as well as the National Weight Control Registry of over 5000 adults. And you can learn from their success. Find out: • Why you don’t need another diet • Seven skills these successful dieters have in common Feel Like Roadkill? - Preventing the Weight-up, Worn-out Feeling That Comes with Business Travel (a.k.a. How to Stay Healthy & Fit On the Road) Whether it’s business or pleasure that takes you on the road, travel can zap your energy and pack on the pounds. Dr. Jo, author of How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road and former contributor for USATODAY.com’s business travel section, shares quick and easy tips for alleviating weight gain and the worn-out feeling of travel! Learn how to: • Eat healthy in any restaurant - even fast food • Creatively fit in fitness and have fun! • Get a good night’s sleep anywhere • Manage jet lag and stress Lean, Mean Restaurant Cuisine - for Health Professionals With one quarter of all meals eaten out, we can no longer tell our patients to avoid restaurants - or to just eat the grilled chicken. Dr. Jo, author of Dining Lean, navigates the nutritional backroads from bistro to burger joint during this fun and informative program. She’ll share: • How to manage weight, diabetes or heart disease at restaurants • The healthier choices at chain restaurants • Simple requests (chef-approved to taste great) to make almost any food healthier Healthy Eating on the Menu Americans are currently eating four meals a week in restaurants - and restaurants are under fire to offer healthier options. Dr. Jo, the author of Dining Lean, will navigate the nutritional backroads from bistro to burger joint during this fun and informative program. She’ll share: • The fittest fast food - are they financially successful? • Why “health” designated on the menu often means disaster • Simple requests (chef-approved to taste great) that make almost any food healthier • Who’s doing what? - restaurants with healthier options including trans-fat free The Obesity Epidemic and the Food Industry With two thirds of all Americans either overweight or obese, there has been much finger pointing (and lawsuits) at the restaurant and snack food industry. Most restaurants and food companies are responding with healthier offerings. But are consumers buying? We'll cover: • Past and present health-related lawsuits - who are the players? • Current and pending frivolous lawsuit legislation • Consumer surveys regarding responsibility - who do consumers blame? • Consumer attitudes and behavior regarding healthy eating - why do they differ? • Restaurants and companies that are adapting - how successful are these healthful offerings? Joanne Lichten, PhD, RD offers expertise in: Communication, Energy/ Vitality, Heart Health, Motivation, Nutrition, Weight Control, Womens Wellness, Stress Solutions, Obesity, Diabetes Joanne Lichten, PhD, RD is a good fit for: Association Keynote, Community Health Education, Keynote Womens Event, Nursing Education, Spouse Program, Womens Health Seminar, Womens Events |
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The fee categories listed on this website are intended to serve as guidelines. Fees vary based on many factors and may change without notice. The exact fee for your event may be above or below the stated range. Fees are generally for keynote speeches up to 90 minutes in the Continental U.S. and are exclusive of travel expenses. Read more...